The Trial Of Mary Dugan
Performances
October 20 & 21, 1932
Venue
Illini Theatre
Synopsis
This melodrama concerns a sensational trial of a Broadway chorine accused of killing her millionaire lover. Her defense attorney is doing such a poor job, that he is replaced with a new attorney, her brother, Jimmy Dugan. During the play, the audience is addressed as if it were the jury.
Author: Bayard Veiller
Historian’s Corner
It was noted in the review that during the intermission between the second and third acts, Ralph Benjamin, as a courtroom onlooker, sat throughout the intermission eating his lunch while waiting for the trial to resume. It was also noted that the large cast had many newcomers to the Players.
Cast
Crew
